Posts Tagged Howard Chaykin

The first ever 2010 SWA9 comic page art Large View » Here it is! It was inevitable really. When I first started publishing the comic online even my wife suggested that I do some new pages. No, they wouldn’t amuse the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Art Notes: Tiniest of Details I posted a comment to Blue Milk Special‘s webcomic some time ago because I’d discovered a peculiar and amusing panel in Howard Chaykin‘s Marvel adaptation of Star Wars. Have a look at it on the left.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

c.1982? This is a much later page today, possibly c.1982, starring for once–a non-ugly Princess Leia! Also it’s just better-quality work! I reckon the graphic effect behind the Stormtrooper must have been lifted from another comic – not the Marvel version. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

As «Autographed by Garrick ‘Biggs‘ Hagon, April 2011! In another deleted scene from the film, we meet Biggs Darklighter. Is that derived from Biggles – fictional British WWI fighter ace?—or from some physical attr… never mind. Art Notes: a little ambiguity! “BLARP![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

“I KNOW YOU DON’T KNOW YOU MANIAC” An odd line this. I’ve wondered where did I get it from? Well, imagine my surprise as I listened to Episode 1 of the 1981 Radio Adaptation the other night – and there[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

It’s funny, I always thought the colour in the Marvel comic was a bit over the top, especially in Issue 1 of Marvel’s Star Wars adaptation, and not at all faithful to the film. But do you see what you can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

Here’s another “I can draw like the pros page“. But a ruler wouldn’t go amiss. Script Notes When I returned to this comic I was interested in some of the out-of-place nuggets of quality writing that appeared in it here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

early 1978/2010 | age 9/age 42 It’s the special edition version of the «previous page. I drew this when I was 9, and coloured it as a grown-up when I was around 42! Great fun to do. The fun idea[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

(c.1977/1978—age 9) What a weird looking Tantive IV! And I love the “John White Presents” bit! I’ve also done a SPECIAL EDITION version of this page – for fun. So, two can play at that game George! Watch out for more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…